Peacock Butterfly

Object/Artifact

-

Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Peacock Butterfly

Entry/Object ID

2004.4.11

Description

Description: The Peacock (Papilio blumei) is a butterfly of the Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The distribution include Papua New Guinea, Celebes, Borneo, Philippines and Sumatra. The first description of this butterfly was in 1836 by Boisduval . There is only one subspecies

Collection

Suomynona Butterfly Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2004.4

Source or Donor

Suomynona Butterfly Collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Other Name

Papilio Blumei

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Mentzer Hall, MH-11

Category

Exhibit

Moved By

Jillian Mather Kettley

Date

May 1, 2025

Notes

Update location

Location

Building

Storage

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Scott Longan

Date

October 29, 2009